Legal Information Tower of Babel: Law dot Gov, National Inventory, and the U.K. Law dot Gov Project

Law dot gov is a Government Website Work in Progress and the tireless founders and contributors include the self-employed, law school employees, professional association employees, or other government entity employees (e.g. public law librarians).

“Courts in California currently operate more than 70 different case-management systems with about 130 variations. These systems do not connect with one another and do not provide information across court and county jurisdictions…

Few outside the Commonwealth countries know how difficult it used to be to find U.K. law primary sources way back in the dark ages (before online databases, and especially the Web), so we’re thrilled to see this new entrant into the online world:

Legislation.gov.uk: … About Us: “This website is managed by The National Archives on behalf of HM Government. Publishing all UK legislation is a core part of the remit of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office (HMSO), part of The National Archives, and the Office of the Queen’s Printer for Scotland.

The original (as enacted) and revised versions of legislation on Legislation.gov.uk are published by and under the authority of the Controller of HMSO (in her capacity as The Queen’s Printer of Acts of Parliament, and Government Printer of Northern Ireland) and the Queen’s Printer for Scotland….”

( For those among you who might be wondering, yes, a Tower of Babel is sometimes a very good thing.)